Exhibition Details
The Goethe-Institut New York is pleased to present the first solo exhibition in New York and the first institutional presentation in the United States of Syrian-German artist Tammam Azzam. Bringing together paintings, collages, and works on paper, Tammam Azzam: A Horizon Remains focuses on a body of work centered on Azzam's sustained engagement with the city as landscape.
At a moment when images of the ruined city have become an increasingly familiar visual language, Azzam reimagines them through painting. Cities and urban forms accumulate, recede, and gradually open onto expansive terrains and distant horizons. Richly layered compositions invite the eye to move continuously across the surface, revealing cityscapes whose depth and complexity extend far beyond the images from which they emerge.
At a moment when images of the ruined city have become an increasingly familiar visual language, Azzam reimagines them through painting. Cities and urban forms accumulate, recede, and gradually open onto expansive terrains and distant horizons. Richly layered compositions invite the eye to move continuously across the surface, revealing cityscapes whose depth and complexity extend far beyond the images from which they emerge.
Additional Details
Tammam Azzam
Artist
Tammam Azzam is a Syrian-German artist whose multidisciplinary practice spans painting, collage, sculpture, installation, and works on paper. Born in Damascus in 1980, he studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts at Damascus University before relocating to Germany, where he has lived and worked since 2016. His work examines the city, landscape, and the built environment, exploring the ways architecture, memory, and history are continually transformed through painting and image-making. Azzam has exhibited internationally at institutions and biennials across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and North America, and his works are held in numerous public and private collections.
Artist
Tammam Azzam is a Syrian-German artist whose multidisciplinary practice spans painting, collage, sculpture, installation, and works on paper. Born in Damascus in 1980, he studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts at Damascus University before relocating to Germany, where he has lived and worked since 2016. His work examines the city, landscape, and the built environment, exploring the ways architecture, memory, and history are continually transformed through painting and image-making. Azzam has exhibited internationally at institutions and biennials across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and North America, and his works are held in numerous public and private collections.
Location
Goethe-Institut New York
30 Irving Place
New York, NY 10003
Image: Courtesy of The Goethe-Institut New York